Definition of multiply

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Multiply (v. t.) To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two numbers. See the Note under Multiplication.

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Breed :: Breed (v. i.) To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant.
Multiply :: Multiply (v. t.) To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.
Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
Polyphonist :: Polyphonist (n.) A proficient in the art of multiplying sounds; a ventriloquist.
Double :: Double (a.) To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length..
Multiplying :: Multiplying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Multipl.
Multiplier :: Multiplier (n.) An instrument for multiplying or increasing by repetition or accumulation the intensity of a force or action, as heat or electricity. It is particularly used to render such a force or action appreciable or measurable when feeble. See Thermomultiplier..
Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from every cell or unit, and circulate freely throughout the system, and when supplied with proper nutriment multiply by self-division and ultimately develop into cells like those from which they were derived. They are supposed to be transmitted from the parent to the offspring, but are often transmitted in a dormant state during many generations and are the
Meride :: Meride (n.) A permanent colony of cells or plastids which may remain isolated, like Rotifer, or may multiply by gemmation to form higher aggregates, termed zoides..
Redouble :: Redouble (v. t.) To double again or repeatedly; to increase by continued or repeated additions; to augment greatly; to multiply.
Digenesis :: Digenesis (n.) The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis..
Mechanography :: Mechanography (n.) The art of mechanically multiplying copies of a writing, or any work of art..
Papyrograph :: Papyrograph (n.) An apparatus for multiplying writings, drawings, etc., in which a paper stencil, formed by writing or drawing with corrosive ink, is used. The word is also used of other means of multiplying copies of writings, drawings, etc. See Copygraph, Hectograph, Manifold..
Multiplication :: Multiplication (n.) The act or process of multiplying, or of increasing in number; the state of being multiplied; as, the multiplication of the human species by natural generation..
Multiply :: Multiply (v. i.) To increase in extent and influence; to spread.
Siderography :: Siderography (n.) The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed..
Polyacoustics :: Polyacoustics (n.) The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds.
Square :: Square (n.) To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity..
Increase :: Increase (v. i.) To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific..
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